Pokémon Red (Book 2)

VS Will

Red's POV

It was a beautiful day, the sky had no intentions of raining, the sun shone bright and it was quiet. For the past few hours, Lyra had dedicated herself to her Pokemon and nothing else. She trained and trained, the way I do, battling her Pokemon with each other m, thinking of random situations and how they should be dealing with those situations.

I had one hour, to decide what team I'd be battling with against the Psychic type trainer – Will. The guy was popular, mostly among girls.

I wasn't a big fan of the manga, but  the only information I had regarding Will was completely from the manga. He used to wear a mask, which resembled the mask of Mr. Incredible from The Incredibles.

The Elite also owned the legendary Lugia in the Adventures manga. Which I couldn't believe that guy could own in reality. He also had a Smoochum, maybe, or I might be confusing it with a Natu.

I was tired by sitting in the couch in front of the Pokecenter. It was boring, I needed a Pokemon battle desperately. In front of me, was a manual, lying on the table.

Johto Elites – read the title, I quickly opened it and started reading. The main contents were Will, Koga, Bruno and Karen. I turned to page 5, I could see everything related to the first Elite - Will, his school life, his trainer life, personal life, parents, everything was here, I looked for a page where all his Pokemon must be written but couldn't find anything related except for the fact that Will was a Psychic type trainer.

Basically, the only real way to know what Pokemon he would be using was by battling the Elite myself.

I had made up my mind that I'll be using my current team and would not be using my other Pokemon, I was a bit tempted to use Gyarados or Nidoking, but I was convinced that ny current team was capable of winning the league very easily.

"Red, Stadium One." Called the Announcer and it was my turn to battle the first elite for the Johto League. 8 months ago, I wasn't panicking when I was called for a battle, but now I was.

I walked into the stadium, noone but Lyra sat there, along with a few kindergarten students.

The stadium was unchanged since the time I last saw it. It was the very stadium I battled Lorelei.

Will walked into the stadium, I was able to tell he was Will because he wore the exact same costume he used to wear in the Adventures Manga. I was quite surprised to see what he was wearing.

He wore a black sleeveless tailcoat-like vest, with a pink tuxedo top underneath it, while the vest sports two rows of double brass buttons and a gold line between them.

His pants were pink, and I had no idea why it was so hilarious, maybe because his funny dressing sense.

"Red! I'll be using 6 Pokemon, you should already be knowing Pokemon League rules. I saw you battling Blue last year, one of the best battles I had ever seen." Said Will.

"And the rules are same as that of Kanto League?" I asked.

"More or less." He said. "Revives are allowed, I guess they weren't in Kanto League."

"Okay then." I said. "I'm ready."

Butch's POV

"You called us?" I asked, looking at Giovanni.

Giovanni slammed down the glass he was holding on the table and stood up violently.

"I have given you too many chances. Tell me where Cassidy is."